posted 03-05-2012 08:46 AM
If you zoom out, pan over to 39B, and zoom back in you can see that 39B is being deconstructed. So would that say that the photos are from sometime in 2009?

PeterOMember

Posts: 191From: Rochester, NHRegistered: Mar 2002

posted 03-05-2012 08:54 AM
When viewed with Google Earth, the image date is Dec. 3, 2010. The image from Jan. 22, 2009 also shows a shuttle on the pad. The empty MLP is shown in several earlier images between December, 2003 and November, 2007.

To see historical images in Google Earth, select the View menu, and check Historical Imagery. The image date will be shown at the bottom left of the Google Earth window. Click the four-digit year to the right of the date to open the historical imagery slider at the top left of the screen.

posted 03-07-2012 04:59 PM
Given the time period in question, STS-133 would be my guess as well as the foam coloring patterns on the ET look consistent with photos of 133's ET on the pad. STS-134 had a big foam patch on it near the top and the banding color contrasts (not necessarily the colors themselves since ET foam darkens from UV exposure) seem a little different on 132's tank.